Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 23 August 2026 By Dr. D.K. Olukoya – Lessons From The Life Of Naaman (4)
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TOPIC – Lessons From The Life Of Naaman (4) (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Devotional 23 August 2026)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ecclesiastes 9, Ecclesiastes 10, Revelation 21, Revelation 22.
FIRE SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 5:5, Matthew 8:5-13, Ephesians 6:5-7 (KJV)
2 Kings 5:5
5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Matthew 8:5-13
5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Ephesians 6:5-7
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
MEMORY VERSE: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. – Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: Do your job well such that your replacement will be hard to find when you leave.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: I pray for you, God will raise a voice for you where you have no voice, in the Name of Jesus.
MFM Devotional For Today 2026 MESSAGE:
It takes a man that takes his job seriously to be recommended in high places. Naaman was a man that took his job serious. He was hardworking and skilful in his endeavour such that by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria (2 Kings 5). In verse 5, when the King of Syria (Naaman’s boss) heard that there was a prophet in Samaria that could heal Naaman, he did not waste time before he sent a letter to recommend Naaman for healing. For a boss to recommend his subject or subordinate for something great, such subordinate must have shown himself worthwhile.
Also Read: MFM Devotional 22 August 2026 – Lessons From The Life Of Naaman (3)
Even though Naaman was a leper, he didn’t excuse himself from work. Rather, he still went to war to fight battles for his nation. He didn’t because of his disability, start begging by the roadside. He would have been justified to do as a leper, but Naaman chose the more noble way. No wonder, the Bible refers to him as an honourable man. He chose the dignity of labour and he was very diligent at it. This is why I think he was not sacked because as a leprous person in the Old Testament, he was supposed to be ostracized from the community of other people. He was diligent at his work, so he couldn’t be dismissed and replaced. He was so hardworking that he rose to the rank of a captain and his boss quickly gave him a recommendation letter when he needed it.
The story of the centurion’s servant in Matthew 8:6-13 corroborates the story of work ethics of Naaman. For a whole centurion to leave his busy schedule and be running around looking for the solution to the problem of his servant must be that that servant was a treasure to him. He must have been serving the centurion so well that the centurion could not afford to lose him.
Beloved, if you are to require a letter of recommendation today, with the way you are handling your work, would you be recommended? Would your boss or organization be willing to go out of their way to retain you, with the way you attend to your duties? What would be said of you when you leave or retire from your organization? Let’s reflect and ponder on these.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. Spirit of laziness, my life is not your candidate, die out of me by fire, in the name of Jesus.
2. I shall not beg to eat, in the name of Jesus.
3. Arrow of leprosy that wants to push me away from the world of men, backfire in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. My hand, you are the symbol of my labour, you will not be leprous, in the name of Jesus.
5. Little efforts, great results, my life is available; locate me, in the name of Jesus.
6. Power to get wealth, my life is available, enter, in the name of Jesus.
7. The recommendation and connection that I need to go to my next level, appear by fire, in the name of Jesus.
MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)
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